On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 18:02:34 GMT, Joe Darcy <da...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/System.java line 758: >> >>> 756: * <td>Greatest Java class file format version recognized by >>> the runtime as {@code "MAJOR.MINOR"} >>> 757: * where {@link >>> java.lang.reflect.ClassFileFormatVersion#major() MAJOR} and {@code MINOR} >>> 758: * are both formatted as decimal integers</td></tr> >> >> I'm not sure about using the adjective "Greatest" here, only because >> "Greatest ... recognized" reads a bit like recognition of greatness when it >> really wants to convey that it's the highest version recognized. >> >> Does the wording need to take account of running with preview features >> enabled? >> >> The table uses "Java runtime" rather than "runtime" in the description of >> some of the other properties. >> >> In passing, should the descriptions of RELEASE_xxx in ClassFileFormatVersion >> say "The highest version recognized" rather than the "The version >> recognized"? > > Update PR and CSR to use the wording: > > "Latest Java class file format version recognized by the Java runtime as > "MAJOR.MINOR" where MAJOR and MINOR are both formatted as decimal integers" > > While it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that when running under > --enable-preview that the minor version was 65535, it is printed out as 0 > with or without preview being enabled. > > I didn't want to broach preview-ness as part of this update to either promise > or document the current behavior. Related to Alan's comment on RELEASE_xxx in ClassFileFormatVersion, perhaps the class description can clarify that a class file version has major version number `M` and minor version number `m` and a Java Virtual Machine implementation can support a class file format of version v if and only if v lies in some contiguous range Mi.0 ≤ v ≤ Mj.m. RELEASE_xxx represents the major version number. That way, the description of RELEASE_xxx can remain to say "The version recognized...". ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14305#discussion_r1218619362